Aaron Ward

Aaron Lee Ward

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 28, 1896 in Booneville, AR
School: Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1917
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox/Indians 1917-1928

Final Game: June 7, 1928
Died: January 30, 1961 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: St. Louis Cemetery #3, New Orleans, LA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1917	NYY	AL	20	SS	7				27	12	13	2	3	.926		3.57	.931		5.09
1918	NYY	AL	21	SS	12	4	4		34	12	20	2	4	.941		2.67	.939		5.39
1918	NYY	AL	21	CF	4	3	2		9	8	1	0	0	1.000		2.25	.967		2.62
1918	NYY	AL	21	OF	4	3	2		9	8	1	0	0	1.000		2.25	.962		2.25	0-4-0
1918	NYY	AL	21	2B	3	0	0		7	3	4	0	1	1.000		2.33	.959		5.47
1919	NYY	AL	22	1B	5	3	3		40	38	2	0	4	1.000		8.00	.988		10.68
1919	NYY	AL	22	3B	3	0	0		4	0	4	0	0	1.000		1.33	.950		3.33
1919	NYY	AL	22	SS	2	0	0		12	4	7	1	1	.917		5.50	.942		5.25
1919	NYY	AL	22	2B	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	1.000		2.00	.960		5.40
1919	NYY	AL	22	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90
1920	NYY	AL	23	3B	114	111	110		451	132	303	16	23	.965		3.82	.946		3.59
1920	NYY	AL	23	SS	12	12	11		80	37	41	2	12	.975		6.50	.944		5.21
1921	NYY	AL	24	2B	124	125	119		699	260	412	27	72	.961		5.42	.956		5.55
1921	NYY	AL	24	3B	33	28	27		131	44	84	3	2	.977		3.88	.952		3.41
1922	NYY	AL	25	2B	152	152	146		870	358	489	23	77	.974		5.57	.966		5.70
1922	NYY	AL	25	3B	2	2	2		1	0	1	0	1	1.000		0.50	.950		3.45
1923	NYY	AL	26	2B	152	152	145		898	387	493	18	86	.980		5.79	.965		5.68
1924	NYY	AL	27	2B	120	120	105		707	303	385	19	60	.973		5.73	.966		5.76
1924	NYY	AL	27	SS	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.10
1925	NYY	AL	28	2B	113	112	106		583	246	317	20	57	.966		4.98	.962		5.76
1925	NYY	AL	28	3B	10	10	9		37	18	19	0	2	1.000		3.70	.947		3.21
1926	NYY	AL	29	2B	4	2	2		20	13	7	0	0	1.000		5.00	.967		5.62
1926	NYY	AL	29	3B	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.40
1927	CHW	AL	30	2B	139	136	124		739	275	437	27	66	.963		5.12	.961		5.69
1927	CHW	AL	30	3B	6	6	5		21	8	13	0	0	1.000		3.50	.952		3.33
1928	CLE	AL	31	3B	3	2	2		11	1	8	2	2	.818		3.00	.951		3.27
1928	CLE	AL	31	SS	2	0	0		9	3	4	2	2	.778		3.50	.938		5.10
1928	CLE	AL	31	2B	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		5.70
	10 Seasons			2B	809	799	747		4526	1846	2546	134	419	.970		5.43	.963		5.69
	8 Seasons			3B	172	160	156		656	203	432	21	30	.968		3.69	.948		3.51
	6 Seasons			SS	36	16	15		162	68	85	9	22	.944		4.25	.940		5.24
	1 Season			1B	5	3	3		40	38	2	0	4	1.000		8.00	.988		10.68
	1 Season			OF	4	3	2		9	8	1	0	0	1.000		2.25	.962		2.25	0-8-1
	1 Season (incomplete)			CF	4	3	2		9	8	1	0	0	1.000		2.25	.967		2.62
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90
	12 Seasons			TOT	1026	981	923		5393	2163	3066	164	475	.970		5.10	.961		5.32	0-8-1
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1917	NYY	AL	20	8		8		0	0	0	7	0	0	0
1918	NYY	AL	21	20		20		0	3	0	12	4	0	4
1919	NYY	AL	22	29	3	29	13	5	1	4	2	0	1	1	18	0
1920	NYY	AL	23	127	123	127	126	0	0	112	15	0	0	0	1	0
1921	NYY	AL	24	153	153	153	153	0	126	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922	NYY	AL	25	154	154	154	154	0	152	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923	NYY	AL	26	152	152	152	152	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924	NYY	AL	27	120	120	120	120	0	120	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	NYY	AL	28	125	122	125	123	0	113	10	0	0	0	0	2	0
1926	NYY	AL	29	22	3	22	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	17	0
1927	CHW	AL	30	145	142	145	144	0	139	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
1928	CLE	AL	31	6	2	6	6	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
	12 Seasons			1061	974	1061	996	5	810	170	39	4	1	5	39	0

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1921 AL 496 (3rd) 1923 AL 493 (3rd) 1927 AL 450 (3rd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1921 AL 124 (5th) 1922 AL 152 (5th) 1923 AL 152 (1st) 1924 AL 120 (4th) 1925 AL 113 (5th) 1927 AL 139 (1st)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1922 AL 358 (5th) 1923 AL 387 (2nd) 1924 AL 303 (5th) 1927 AL 275 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1921 AL 412 (4th) 1922 AL 489 (1st) 1923 AL 493 (1st) 1924 AL 385 (4th) 1927 AL 437 (2nd)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1924 AL 19 (5th) 1927 AL 27 (3rd)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1920 AL 114 (3rd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1920 AL 132 (3rd)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1920 AL 303 (2nd)
Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1920 AL 16 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1921 AL 5.42 (4th) 1922 AL 5.57 (3rd) 1923 AL 5.79 (3rd) 1924 AL 5.73 (5th) Career 5.43 (63rd)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1921 AL .961 (3rd) 1922 AL .974 (2nd) 1923 AL .980 (1st) 1924 AL .973 (2nd) 1925 AL .966 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1920 AL 3.82 (1st)
Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1920 AL .965 (2nd)	Youngest s c a p y 1917 AL born 1896-08-28 (10th)

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